4-H Youth Development

4-H is a comprehensive youth development program of the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Youth between the ages of  5 and 18 engage in hands-on learning experiences under the guidance of the local 4-H staff and volunteers.

• Special interest groups
• Community clubs
• School enrichment
• After school collaborations
• Cloverbuds
• Camping

Many 4-H projects and activities address objectives covered in Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL's http//www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/sols) The following contain specific 4-H school enrichment projects and activities found in our ten curricula areas:

1.   Animal Science

2.   Careers and Economic Education

3.   Citizenship

4.   Communications and Expressive Arts

5.   Family and Consumer Sciences

6.   Food, Nutrition and Health

7.   Leadership and Personal Development

8.   Natural Resources and Environmental Education

9.   Science and Technology

10. Plants, Soils and Entomology